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2- 1984 e la distopia “semi profetica”.

Nineteen eighty four orwell famous distopian novel, was written in 1949 soon after the second world war and was aimed to denounce the totalitarism. Not only is the romance a report of the massacres perpetrated in the past, but it is also an allarming prophecy of how the society would be nowadays . in 1984 three nations are in conflict: eurasia, estasia and oceania. Oceania ‘s capital, London, is ruled by Socing, english socialist party. This is led by Big Brother, an omnipresent and omniscent figure, who keeps the public order under control in a dictorial and highly demanding way. Big brother controls people checking what theydo every day, using a tv screen which constantly marks their daily actions and uses political slogans such as : “ war is peace” , “ freedom is slavery” “ignorance is power” (or even broadcast tv advertising programmes).

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The party is everywhere : in the streets in builidigs . even at home. Big brother uses a neverending ideological pressure over the uman beings in order to make them became robots unable to think, image and looking for alternatives, in short it makes them lose their human nature forever. In such world where a person is obliged to think how the socing wants, love only for reprodution, enjoy only seeing its advertising programmes , leave for socing satisfaction , only a few fellows are conscious of being in such this reality and one this is Wiston Smith. Widston job consist in making information and historical datas functional with the regime.

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Later on, he and Julia are gonig to rebel to the regime by having a secret love story. Unfortunately they are soon defeated becouse discoverred by big brother s camera. They were tortured in the room 101 by being enforced to face their most terribles fears. While they are in big brother s preasence they undergo a psycological pressure in order to become themselves supporters of the motto:” big brother is love“. Finally they go back to an alienating and aberrant life , totaly subjected to the regime.